No funding winter for early-stage deals in SE Asia, say VCs

No funding winter for early-stage deals in SE Asia, say VCs

(L to R) Anup Jain, managing partner at Orios Venture Partners; Avina Sugiarto, partner at East Ventures; Khailee Ng, managing partner at 500 Global; Jennifer Ho, partner at Integra Partners; and Andi Haswidi, head of ASEAN Research at DealStreetAsia

While there has been an overall decline in early-stage deals in Southeast Asia during the first nine months of 2022, most venture capitalists feel the region has largely managed to beat the global funding winter.